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A 2LP/2CD box set, Asia In Asia – Live At The Budokan, Tokyo, 1983 is due out via BMG on June 10. The bumper package includes a 40-page book and memorabilia from the multi-platinum selling band’s historic shows. The album will also be available in standard double LP, 1CD and digital formats.
Asia’s Japanese shows came at the end of two years of touring to promote their 1982 self-titled debut and 1983 follow-up, Alpha. They were significant in that they included special guest Greg Lake, who stepped in at short notice to replace founder member John Wetton, who unexpectedly quit just before the shows.
Says drummer Carl Palmer of his former ELP bandmate, “Greg Lake did a great job jumping into John’s shoes. So many songs to sing, he did it so well. It was impressive.”
Keyboard player Geoff Downes remembers, “It was a grand and sumptuous affair. The stage was the iconic ‘A-frame’ shape we had for the US tour. I think we pulled it off admirably in the end. There were some good people behind us: crew, lighting designers, cameramen and backing singers, it was quite a production.”
He adds that the live recording, “deserves its place in the Asia catalogue. Aside from its musical strengths, it demonstrates the level of professionalism that we have always striven [sic] to bring to the Asia name.”
Asia played three shows at Budokan Arena in Tokyo in December 1983 – the second of which made history as the first live broadcast between Japan and MTV in America. This release marks the first time that the performance has been available on CD and vinyl.
The new box set includes: exclusive new artwork by Roger Dean; colour vinyl of the original MTV Telecast concert audio, remixed 2022 from the master tapes, with two previously unreleased, post broadcast encore tracks; audio CDs comprising the MTV satellite telecast concert (December 6, 1983, USA time) and the previous night’s show (December 6, 1983, Japanese time); audio-visual Blu-ray of the restored original broadcast concert with 2022 remixed audio plus restored original concert laserdisc featuring alternate camera angles; 40-page 12” book with rare and unseen band photos, memorabilia and new sleeve notes; and a bespoke metal and enamel Asia logo pin badge.
Watch the live video for Here Comes The Feeling below.
The vinyl is now available to pre-order.
Meanwhile, Asia are currently preparing for their upcoming 2022 tour.
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- Asia - Asia - Hype Sticker - Dutch - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.65, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 22-Jul-2024 10:20)on September 7, 2024 at 4:13 pm
ASIA Asia (1982 Dutch 9-track vinyl LP, the band's eponymous debut, which hit the top of the US Billboard Chart upon its release & was the best-selling album in the US for the year, hype stickered picture sleeve with credits inner. The vintageprice-stickered sleeve shows light wear and the vinyl has light signs of play)
- Asia - XXX - Italian - 2-disc CD/DVD set - £14.99, $19.64, €17.84 (New Item) (arrived 10-Jul-2024 16:11)on September 7, 2024 at 4:13 pm
ASIA XXX (2012 Italian limited edition two-disc set comprising the 11-track CD album, their twelfth studio release but also the fifth & final studio album including the single Face On The Bridge plus a Bonus Region 0 NTSC DVD containingthe The Making Of XXX [Featurette] and two music videos. Complete with the illustrated lyric booklet, the two discs come issued in the glossy tri-fold digipak picture sleeve)
- Asia - Live At The Budokan Tokyo 1983 - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £20.00, $26.20, €23.80 (New Item) (arrived 29-Jun-2024 16:26)on September 7, 2024 at 4:13 pm
ASIA Live At The Budokan Tokyo 1983 - MTV Satellite Telecast To America 6 December 1983 (2022 UK 13-track double live LP pressed on Heavyweight Vinyl, housed in a deluxe gatefold picture sleeve designed by Roger Dean complete with an illustrated four-page insert. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl is Excellent with few signs of play BMGCAT527DLP)
- Asia - Aqua - German - vinyl LP - £125.00, $163.75, €148.75 (New Item) (arrived 17-Jun-2024 11:07)on September 7, 2024 at 4:13 pm
ASIA Aqua (Rare 1992 German 13-track vinyl LP - This fourth studio album from the British rockers was recorded in Brighton and was the first to feature longtime vocalist and bassist John Payne following John Wetton's departure and includes thesingles Who Will Stop The Rain? and Little Rich Boy, the latter of which was omitted from inclusion on the US edition. The glossy picture sleeve has the lyrics and album credits printed across the inside spread and displays minimal signs of age with the vinyl itself looking barely played IRS951.959)
- Asia - Asia - Dutch - vinyl LP - £10.00, $13.10, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 13-Jun-2024 10:19)on September 7, 2024 at 4:13 pm
ASIA Asia (1982 Dutch 9-track LP featuring John Wetton, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer & Geoffrey Downes, glossy picture sleeve with album credits inner. The cover is EX with light general wear and small ringwear scuffing & the vinyl appears Excellent with light signs of play with no wear to the vinyl itself GEF85577)
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